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Lactic acidosis on arterial blood gas (ABGs) results (lactate 3.8 mmol/L).

The doctors in the ER performed an electrocardiogram (ECG) which showed sinus tachycardia at a rate of 139 beats/min with QT prolongation (QTc 617 ms). Cardiac auscultation revealed a regular but rapid heart rhythm with systolic ejection murmur.

His lungs were clear on auscultation with normal breath sounds. Physical examination revealed a young male of normal height and built. In the emergency department, his Glasgow Coma Scale score was 15, blood pressure was 152/82 mmHg, pulse was 139 beats/min, respiratory rate was 22/min, saturation of oxygen was 100% on room air, and body temperature was 36.8 ☌. However, examination revealed a scar on his wrist demonstrating a healed cut. The patient was a non-smoker with no significant medical or psychiatric history. Besides this, he had no remarkable personal or family history. Past history of the patient revealed maladjustment to high school after he hit his friend due to which his school principal suspended him for 10 days. He was brought to the emergency department 80 minutes later when he developed nausea and headache as a result of caffeine overdose.

The total caffeine content was approximately 6.0 g. A healthy teenager attempts suicide by overdosing on pills containing caffeine- A case of caffeine overdose!Īn otherwise healthy, 18-year-old, Japanese male attempted suicide by ingesting 60 caffeinated tablets.